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ORCHIDACE.E 



mo. 5885 j. — Camp Keithley, Lake Lanao, Mindanao, March, 

 1906, Mary Strong Clemens mo. 337j. — Antipolo, Prov. Rizal, 

 Luzon, January, 1907, Maximo Ramos (no. 2174). 



E. (§ Eriura G-IGANTEA sp. nov. Caul is circa 6 dm. altus, 

 ad bosun circa 3 cm. crassitudine. Folia disticha, approximata, 



oblonga vel lineari-oblonga, acuta, 

 circa 2 dm. longa, circa 2 cm. 

 lata. BraetecR pedunculos 3-4, 

 fasciculatos subtendentes, 5 cm. 

 longae, conduplicatae. Peduncu- 

 lus rhacM&que sericeo-pubescens. 

 Kacemu8 densiflorus, circa 15 cm. 

 longus, ad 2.5 cm. in diametro. 

 Bracteai 3 mm. longae, pallide 

 flavae, crassae, rigidae, ovatae, ob- 

 tusae. pedicellis breviores. Flores 

 flavi, caduci, sparsim maculati pur- 

 pura rubida opacaque, emittentes 

 odorem olei Ricini. Pedicellus 

 et ovarium pubescentia. Sepala 

 patentia, externe pubescentia. 

 Sepala lateralia 6 mm. longa, 

 ovato-lanceolata, obtusa vel sub- 

 acuta. Sepalum dorsale 5 mm. longum, oblongum, subacutum. 

 Petala 4 mm. longa, lineari-oblonga, obtusa. Labellum 6 mm. 

 longum, 3-lobatum; lobi laterales 2 mm. lati, ovato-oblongi, fal- 

 cati, obtusi : lobus medius 2 mm. longus, suborbicularis, deflexus, 

 margine irregulari dentato ; ad basim labelli 3 tubercula, quorum 

 medium longius; prope apicem labelli tuberculum permagnum, 

 subpyramidale, post quod papilla multo minor, vel callus ; utroque 

 in disco callus carinatus lobis lateralibus parallelus ; tubercula basis 

 et apicis et linea media disci copiose cerosa. 



Differs from E. Kingii Hook. f. in the bracts, which according 

 to Hooker (Ic. PI. t. 2066) are lanceolate, in the different bract or 



EEIA G1GA3TEA 



